12 May 1955:
Institute of Armament Studies at the Indian Military College of Engineering.
Kirkee.

4 Apr 1958?: Command Armament Officer, HQ Bomber Command

xx xxx 1960: Director of Air Armament Research and Development, Ministry of Aviation

6 May 1963:
Commandant, RAF Technical College

12 Feb 1966:
SASO, HQ Technical Training Command.

The son of Sir Evelyn Howell,
the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, he defied his father and
instead of going to university, he went to the RAF College at Cranwell, where
he attained the rank of Flight Cadet Corporal, represented the college at
Swimming and was awarded the Humanistics Prize. He arrived in
Singapore just prior to the Japanese invasion and took an active role in trying
to keep aircraft serviceable and available for duty but British forces were soon
overwhelmed and he and others managed to get to southern Java, where they
attempted to construct a raft to get them to Australia. Whilst he was in
the jungle one day collecting rubber, the camp was discovered and the rest of
the personnel were captured, but Tom Howell escaped capture and was given refuge
by local natives. He worked in the fields and learnt native ways, even
darkening his skin. However, bouts of malaria took its toll and in late
1942/early 1943 he gave himself up to the Japanese and was placed on a working
party building an airfield on Sumatra, later being transferred to Changi jail.
As a result of his evasion he was originally reported missing and it was 1943
before his family were advised that he was a PoW. He was released in
September 1945.

Following retirement from the RAF at his own
request he was appointed General Manager of Van Dusen Aircraft Supplies
retaining the post until 1979.